What do you need help with, what can you contribute with?
WHAT DO YOU NEED HELP WITH, WHAT CAN YOU CONTRIBUTE WITH?
| YEAR : 2016 | TECHNIQUE : Processorienterad exhibition and performative events |
| TIME: 1 month |
I need help to become a more sustainable person, and to get paid for all the unpaid work I do. What do you want help with?
The exhibition at Frölunda Kulturhus raises questions about how we live our lives, around work and human value. It gives space to talk about social, interpersonal and artistic values and exchanges.
The exhibition is an ongoing process, with different activities and events where visitors, invited guests, experts / researchers, associations are invited to participate, talk, exchange services, tips and thoughts, try out strategies and alternative economies. Visitors can also take part in previous episodes of The Sustainable Woman project.
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EXHIBITION
Interaktive wall where visiters could exchange services.
Free translation of the quotes:
“The one who asks for something but doesn´t have any money is in a capitalist economy as meaningful as a fish” -Nina Björk
“The working society is the system that steals time of people, time that could be spent on family, friends or any activity” -Roland Paulsen
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PUBLIC EVENTS
HOMEPARTY: WHAT DO WE NEED HUMANS FOR?
| Dialouge/performtive event | 60min |
Homeparty / dinnerevent around the question What do we need humans for?
People increasingly seem to be an inconvenience to what we call society; we are too many and we are too costly – are people becoming redundant in an increasingly economized and increasingly automated world? Stress and burnout is a consequence of the efficiency in working life. If we are no longer needed and we are breaking down to maintain, for example, social functions, what place, what strategies should we then find to continue live in a worthy way? Participant in the conversation: Ami Skånberg Dahlstedt, Lena Stark, Seroj Ghazarian, Helena Johansson, Prince Freï of Lorenzburg and The Sustainable Woman.
In the picture, the conversation has just ended and participant and audience continues to converse.
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| performativeevent | 60min |
The Sustainable Woman offers one-hours-consultations during the exhibiton period, in exchange för a favor in return that makes her more sustainable
*The feedback clinic is an ongong project, where she offers consultations in her home or by Skype.
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WORK, GENDER AND LIFE PUZZLE
| conversation | 90min |
Conversation with Birgitta Jordansson, Researcher, Department of Sociology and Work Science, GU and Linda Lane, Researcher, Department of Social Work, GU. What importance does work have for how we organize our lives – both in terms of payroll and unpaid work at home and in society? In dialogue with the visitors, work and working conditions in relation to gender division in families and society as a whole are discussed.
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WHAT DO WE NEED ARTIST FOR?
| panel discussion | 90min |
In a panel discussion, invited artists and cultural politicians are discussing artists working and living conditions, artistic value and today’s cultural policy.
The title of the talk refer to the fact that cultural institutions budget is usually not enough to pay off participating artists’ work.
Participants in the conversation: Stina Östberg artist, The Sustainble Woman artist, Jörgen Svensson artist, Mikael Nanfeldt Culture Strategic Director, Gothenburg City, Mariya Voyvodova -Cultural Committee Chairman, City of Gothenburg, Lars Nordströn, First Deputy Chairman of the Cultural Council, Västra Götaland, Lena Ulrika Rudeke -moderator.
“If the insitutions can not afford to pay artists, artists can not afford to do art, what do we then need a concert hall for” -about. Malmö Live Arena
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THE SUSTAINABLE WOMAN TAKES ONE HOUR VACANTION FROM STRESS
|Performance | 60min |
Wednesdays between 16-17pm during the exhibition period, The Sustainable Woman invites visitors to take an hour’s vacation from stress with her. One hour of relaxation exercise, recorded with her own voice, is played out of the speakers while doing the exercise.
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WHAT DO YOU NEED? -GIFT CIRCLE WORKSHOP
| workshop | 120min |
Helena Johansson, activist, social/behavioral scientist, social worker and practical visionary, held the gift circle. A gift circle is a form where those who participate will have the space to ask for something they need and offer something they want to give. Gift circles can accommodate all kinds of wishes and offers, from the need for a new sweater or a haircut, to the need for love and meaningfulness. It’s a quick way to create ties to new people.
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WHY SHOULD WE BE SOM FUCKING HAPPY?
| Dialouge/performtive event | 90min |
The Sustainable Woman invites the philosopher and happiness researcher Bengt Brulde to consult her about happiness, meaningsfullness and how to become more sustainable as person. In exchange for a service-in-return from her (He wanted her to sketch on book covers for his next two books).
The conversation is the public, and the visitors are invited to ask their questions.
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FROM DYSTOPIA TO UTOPIA
| workshop | 2 days |
Workshop with The Sustainable Woman and Helena Johansson (activist and part of the transitionmovement)
Far too many dystopias have been addressed to us through media and film and there seems to be lack of visions for society. What would you do if you could wish freely without regard to anyone or anything? What are we as society heading for? It´s time to look at our utopias for a better society and see how we can be a part of making them happen!
The picture is a presentation of artist Frei Von Fräähsen, who runs the micronation Lorenzburg
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THE BORDER BETWEEN WORK AND LEISURE
| Conversation | 90min |
Conversation with Johan Alfonsson PhD student at the Department of Sociology and work science at the University of Gothenburg.
The conversation discusses the issue of work and leisure and the limitations for these. Where is the limit for leisure activities and work? Are artistic activities work? If you are creative in your spare time or are employed to do this; Is there a difference between these activities? How can we understand recent decandes labor market changes, their impact on the boundaries between work and leisure? What about leisure time when we have to be availabe to work?
